Attachment for shipping-packages.



A. HITZERT. ATTACHMENT FOR SHIPPING PACKAGES.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 5, 1910.

Patented May 18, 1915.

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ATTACHMENT FOR SHIPPING PACKAGES.

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UNITED @TATFQS PATENT @FFTQE ALBERT HITZERT,

ATTACHMENT FOR Application filed July 5, 1910.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT Hrrznn'r, acitizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county ofSaginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Shipping-Packages; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improvement in attachments for shipping packagesand relates more particularly to devices adapted to be attached topackages of merchandise, such as crackers and the like, whereby theshipping package is easily and quickly converts into a dispensingpackage.

It has been customary heretofore in the retailing of crackers and likearticles to transfer them from the original shipping package or box to adispensing case or other suitable receptacle, in which is provided adownwardly opening door or other suitable device whereby the lower partof the dispensing case is provided with a tray or hopper onto which thecrackers spread and from which they are taken up by a hand scoop.

My present improvement provides for the retailing of the goods from theoriginal shipping package by attaching to the shiping package aninexpensive device comprising a tray and cover therefor, of suchconstruction as to be easily and quickly applied to the package. Thedevice also comprises means for holding the scoop when the cover isdown, and means for exposing the handle of the scoop when the scoop isleft in the package.

My improvement is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the device attached to a shippingpackage; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the method of cutting theside of the shipping package in order to apply my improvement; Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional detail, the section being taken on the line w00 ofFig. 1; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective View of the attachment.

As is clearly shown in the drawings, the device consists in an inclinedtray 1, bent up at its ends to form sides 2, and having a hinge cover 3.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

MICHIGAN.

SHIPPING-PACKAGES.

Patented May 18, 1215.

Serial No. 570,509.

The top rear portions of the sides 2 are notched as at 1, and the loweredges are provided with downwardly extending projections 5. The notchesa and projections 5 form a means by which the attachment is held inplace on the shipping package 6. To apply the attachment to a shippingpackage, one side of the package is cut through horizontally as at 6,when the package is opened, and vertically as at 6* so that the flap 6thus formed may be bent outwardly as indicated at 6 in Fig. 2. Upwardlyextending slits 6 are also formed in the side of the package.

The distance between the slits 6 (i is made the same as the distancebetween the sides 2, 2 ofthe attachment so that the rear edges 2 of thesides may be inserted in the slits 6 6 of the package. The notches 4, tare received in the slots 6, 6 so that the upward projections 2", 2engage behind the front of the package and the projections 5 restagainst the bottom edge of the package as indicated in Fig. 3, therebyholding the attachment in place on the package but permitting its easydetachment.

The cover 3 is hinged to the sides 2, 2, the rear edge 3 of the coverforming a hinge by being rolled around a wire 7. In order to keep thehinge tight against the face of the package, thereby preventing theentrance of dust, the hinge 3 is yieldingly pressed rearwardly againstthe package, the means by which this is accomplished being illustratedin Figs. 1 and 1-, where 7 7 are looped portions formed in the wires 7,the intermediate portion of which is rolled into and fits loosely intothe upper edge 2 of each of the sides 2. The spring 7 is secured at thefront edge to the tray 1 by clamps 1 formed by bending over the metal ofthe tray 1. The spring members 7 are so bent that they tend to thrustthe wires rearwardly through the rolled members 2 and thereby keep thewire 7 and the hinge 8 forced back against the front face of thepackage, at the same time drawing the members 2 forward against theinner face of the package, thereby holding the cover 8 tightly againstthe package. The pressure thus brought upon the hinge 3 also serves byfrictional contact with the front of the package to retain the cover 3in its raised position without the aid of other fastenings.

The edges of the cover are bent up as at 3, to serve as areinforcementor stiffener for the cover and also to form a ledge so thatwhen the cover is closed, the scoop by which the material is handled,may be laid on the cover. When it is desired to leave the scoop in thepackage, the handle of the scoop may be exposed through the cover 3 byleaving it in the opening 8 formed for that purpose in the cover.

The means by which the tray 1 is secured to the flap 6 of the package isimportant. This means consists in forming the tray 1 With a slit 1 (Fig.3) and inserting in the slit the outer free end of the flap 6 so thatthe inner part of the flap forms a part of the tray surface Thisconstruction not only enables the attachment to be made lighter thanwould be the case if the entire bottom of the tray were made solid, butalso enables'the user to readily adapt a single attachment to packagescontaininga variety of materials.

- Difierent materials such as crackers, cookies and the like, spreadWith different degrees of facility over the tray and for a given sizedtray, pile up at difierent heights and require openings of differentheights in their respective packages. The slit 1 in the tray 1 willreceive with equal facility either a high flap 6 or a low one, the highflap merely passing farther through the slit and under the tray, asshown in Fig. 8. Consequently the vertical height of the opening in thebox may be made to suit the Howing properties of the material in the boxand the attachment may be equally Well applied whether the flap 6 bewide or narrow, it only being essential that the flap'shall be receivedin the slit 1 and take under the I tray 1.

Having disclosed my inventlon, What I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A dispensing attachment for shipping packages, comprising an inclinedtray having upwardly and rearwardly projecting sides, a cover hinged tothe top edges of said sides, spring members slidably mounted on saidsides and adapted to yieldingly press the hinged edge of said coverrearWardly against the side of said package, and means for detachablysecuring said tray sides to saidpackage.

I 2. A dispensing attachment for shipping packages, comprising aninclined tray formed with upwardly and rearWardly projecting sides; acover hinged to the top edges of said sides, said cover provided withmeans whereby its hinged edge is yieldingly pressed rearwardly againstthe side of said package, and means for detachably securing said traysides to a'shipping package.

3. A dispensing attachment for shipping packages, comprising an inclinedtray hav-.

ing upwardly and rearwardly projecting sides, the upper edges of saidsides formed with notches adapted to engage the front of the package tohold the upper part of the tray in place, and the lower edges providedwith projections adapted to engage the lower edges of the package; acover hinged to the top edges of said sides, said cover provided withmeans whereby its hinged edge is yieldingly pressed against the side ofsaid package.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT HITZERT. Witnesses:

GEO. WV. SMITH,

CHRISTINE A. BRAIDEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C.

